Fifty years ago the 1975 Helsinki Accords gave a huge impetus to the development of civil society, resulting in the founding of many human rights organizations in Europe and North America, e.g. the Helsinki Groups in the Soviet Union, Charter 77 in Czechoslovakia and Solidarnosc in Poland. Their activity helped end totalitarianism on the European continent and the emergence of a wide network of civil society organizations that brought about social change. In many countries NGOs formed the core of the reform movement and really transformed society into multi-faceted and vibrant democratic communities. Over the past years the space for civil society has been shrinking rapidly and authoritarianism and dictatorship are on the rise. Civil society in countries like China and Russia has been crushed, in other countries both in Europe and the Global South their existence is increasingly challenged. The change of governance in the United States has not only put civil society in the US at risk, but has large-scale repercussions on a global scale. The Federation Global Initiative on psychiatry and the Czech national Institute for Mental Health have developed digital tools to support victims of state repression and large-scale psychological distress as a result of military conflict, using internet, social media and a smartphone application. These programs are now reviewed and upgraded to be made available to the larger civil society community with a special emphasis on human rights workers. In his presentation, Professor Robert van Voren will describe what has been developed so far and the plans for the near future.